The room that he shows them to is a comfortable two-bedroom apartment with their own adjoining bathroom and shared living room and kitchen. There's a bed and couch, but very little else in the room.
"The fully furnished rooms are out of your budget," he says.
They are convinced even before seeing those places, if only because Mr. James is so friendly.
"And we're practically family," he grins at Penny, who manages to smile weakly in response. He's a Predator Bird Shifter and though he doesn't have wings like hers, he is obviously something intimidating if he had taken up the position of a security guard in a building he owns. It gives him something to do, he confesses later. His wife is a chef and he is useless in the kitchen or any of her restaurant businesses. "You must be part of the
